MusicCityBilliken Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Nice article in Forbes listing coaches that maybe available this Spring. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2013/01/28/best-college-basketball-coaches-for-the-money/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Brett Reed at Leigh is mentioned in the article and is a guy that I think should get a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Brett Reed at Leigh is mentioned in the article and is a guy that I think should get a look. I agree. I've been looking at names since Majerus took the leave of absence, and he came up as an intriguing possibility. Young coach, recruited CJ McCollum to Lehigh, and coached Lehigh to the upset of Duke in the NCAA Tourney last year. Interesting fact about him is that he is one of I think it's less than 5 D-1 head coaches that has a Ph.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Brett Reed at Leigh is mentioned in the article and is a guy that I think should get a look.I agree. I've been looking at names since Majerus took the leave of absence, and he came up as an intriguing possibility. Young coach, recruited CJ McCollum to Lehigh, and coached Lehigh to the upset of Duke in the NCAA Tourney last year. Interesting fact about him is that he is one of I think it's less than 5 D-1 head coaches that has a Ph.D. McCollum has been hurt and they have kept on rolling. Undefeated with a victory over Bucknell with McCollum out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I know 2 craps about him, but the Montana coach has had a decent little run. He's a milwaukee boy and we did ok with the last one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIKNS Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 So when is Jamal Walker`s time to be a head coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Kermit Davis. Middle Tennessee St. They have a good team down in good ole Murfreesboro. Plus, how awesome would it be to have a coach named Kermit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 So when is Jamal Walker`s time to be a head coach? It will probably be after he's been an associate head coach or lead recruiter. (By the way, his name has 2 Ls, but Johnson's has one. Jamall Walker; Jamal Johnson. They were Billikens together in 1995-96.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB73 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Wait awhile. Maybe soon we will know. All that matters is the C7+ decision. If we get in we should be able to recuit a top notch coach. Much better situation than the current A-10 with all the lower tier teams, finally TV exposure and TV revenue, quality players will want to be in the new league. A golden boy up and comer or an established coach will want to come here, especially with the understanding that Biondi will be gone soon. The program will ascend to an even higher level. However, if we do not get in, it will be extremely difficult to get a good coach, with the uncertainty that would follow. The A-10 decimated w/o B, X, D, and Temple.. and where will SLU go? It might take yrs and it may not be close to the attractiveness of the C7+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 First off --- I don't understand how these rankings work. Yeah, I read Forbes' explanantion but that doesn't cut it for me. Second, sorry, but there is no way St. Bonaventure is a "high major" program. They are more like a low-major program in a mid-major conference but that is about it. And to me, Schmidt's value, and he certainly deserved A10 coach of the year last year but I don't think he got it, is inflated due to one season riding one special guy who will likely never re-materialize in Oh-Lee-In again. Well, never say never .... Bob Lanier 1970. Andrew Nicholson 2012. Someone else, yet unborn, 2054. In looking at the high-major guys, I see very few that I would think would leave their current situations. Definitely Schmidt at Bonaventure; even though he signed through 2018, no way anyone there can't see the near impossible ongoing task at hand for whomever coaches there. Maybe Bone at Wazzou, although I admit to having no knowledge what it's like to live in Pullman-Nowhere, Washington. That's about it. Guys like Dunphy and/or Mack will move to movew up, not across. Although I woudl thinkour jobmight be perceived as a step down from either Temple or Xavier (for now). I think the most likely hire will/could come from the low-majors. Just an eyeball look at guys like Nagy at South Dakota State, Amaker at Harvard, Young at Wofford and Witherspoon at Buffalo all might be worth a look along with the Lehigh guy. Lehigh is my first love as it was the first college campus I ever visited. Gorgeous -- just I couldn't do 2+2 let alone engineering so I was out of there. Ellis, Bartow and Davis are all retreads. Paulsen, from Bucknell, is a screamer and a whiner. No thanks. Som eof the others look ancient and I want a young up-and-comer. Anybody on anybody else's benches right now .. ala Crean and Gregory at Izzoland? Brey, Amaker and Dawkins all came out of K-ville in Durham. But Quinny was a failure. Amaker also bombed at Seton hall as I recall. Whatever, things are obviously wide open. I can say I want not one of the talking heads coming out of studio ala Rick did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShoe Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Brett Reed at Leigh is mentioned in the article and is a guy that I think should get a look.I agree. I've been looking at names since Majerus took the leave of absence, and he came up as an intriguing possibility. Young coach, recruited CJ McCollum to Lehigh, and coached Lehigh to the upset of Duke in the NCAA Tourney last year. Interesting fact about him is that he is one of I think it's less than 5 D-1 head coaches that has a Ph.D. McCollum has been hurt and they have kept on rolling. Undefeated with a victory over Bucknell with McCollum out. They were just spanked at home by a bad Lafayette team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Brett Reed at Leigh is mentioned in the article and is a guy that I think should get a look.I agree. I've been looking at names since Majerus took the leave of absence, and he came up as an intriguing possibility. Young coach, recruited CJ McCollum to Lehigh, and coached Lehigh to the upset of Duke in the NCAA Tourney last year. Interesting fact about him is that he is one of I think it's less than 5 D-1 head coaches that has a Ph.D. McCollum has been hurt and they have kept on rolling. Undefeated with a victory over Bucknell with McCollum out. They were just spanked at home by a bad Lafayette team. Wow, didn't see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Ray Giacoletti from Gonzaga is another name I've been hearing as one of those top assistants about to hit it big somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 This may have been discussed in one of the older possible new coach threads, but what about Steve Prohm from Murray State? He really seems like he would be a great get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Wouldn't Amaker give Roy a heart attack like Tarkanian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Wouldn't Amaker give Roy a heart attack like Tarkanian? Why would Amaker give Roy a heart attack? Didn't he just have a couple of minor violations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 amaker doesnt excite me but i see no transgressions that would "give me a heart attack." of course the fact he comes out of the duke family tree is a sign he knows a few tricks. wonder if he set up a fake degree program at harvard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 This may have been discussed in one of the older possible new coach threads, but what about Steve Prohm from Murray State? He really seems like he would be a great get. I was kind of high on this guy, but spoke to some Murray St. fans at the Charleston Invitational over Xmas, great little tourney wish we'd get in it one year, and they said he was ok but was left last year with a bucket load of talent from the former HC who left for TX A&M. Sooo, let's see how he does this year. Everyone down here thinks USC (Carolina not California) should have hired the Wofford coach instead of Martin from KState. Of course, they only care about Spurrier and his ***** so what do they know? I agree though, the quality of this hire is going to depend on which conference we're in. Guys would give up their first born to get the chance to compete in the C7 + 3 or 5 unknowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Ray Giacoletti from Gonzaga is another name I've been hearing as one of those top assistants about to hit it big somewhere. Giacoletti already followed Majerus once. He was the first permanent head coach at Utah after Majerus left there due to the health issues. He did great in his first year with Andrew Bogut, then not so much the next year. Maybe he's learned a few things at Gonzaga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 A few that seem to warrent consideration imo ... Tommy Amaker Scott Nagy Brent Reed Dave Paulsen and a young guy, but I can tell you winning at UTA just isn't normally done. Scott Cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 No thanks on Giacoletti. That guy will be a career assistant. No thanks on the Murray State guy as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'd like to take a look at Antigua from UK, among others. Not sure how much recruiting he does with Cash-ipari, but the classes they've had of late are pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Roy, I thought any violations were a no go with you. That would have made us the opposite ends of the spectrum on Billikens.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Should a guy like Rodney Watson get a look? I would give him a look, but not sure many would be happy taking a hard look at a guy from a lower level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Roy, I thought any violations were a no go with you. That would have made us the opposite ends of the spectrum on Billikens.com. what was amaker's violation? if he indeed has a past, then cross him off the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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